Monster in My Pocket

Various MIMPs Series 1-3

MIMPs with lunchbox

MIMP Series 1 full set, 1990

MIMP Series 2 full set, 1992

MIMP Series 3 full set

MIMP Series 4, Super Scary full set (1992)

MIMP Series 5, Super Creepies (1992)

MIMP Series 6,  Dinosaurs (1992)

Dinosaur in My Pocket (Hardees premiums, 1993)

MIMP Series 7, Space Aliens (1994)

Monster Wrestlers in My Pocket, 1995 (top row: White Castle premiums)

Monster Sports Stars in My Pocket, 1996

What: One of the most well-known and frequently collected lines of mini figures produced. Monster in My Pocket (MIMP) was a series of rubber and plastic mini figures initially based on monsters from mythology of various cultures, then expanding to other creatures such as dinosaurs, aliens and monster wrestlers. The original look and feel of the line--one-color, rubber figures--lasted over the first three series, with painted details and a harder plastic material being introduced in subsequent lines.

When: 1990 (series one), with additional series and spinoffs following throughout the early-mid 1990s. MIMP was revived briefly in the U.K. in the mid-2000s, with a line of newly-sculpted, highly-detailed, fully painted versions of selected original Series 1-3 monsters.

Where: Various countries, sold in toy stores, department stores

Who: Developed by Morrison Entertainment Group, released by Matchbox. Later, UK-only lines were produced by Corinthian Marketing